From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6067 invoked by alias); 31 May 2002 00:58:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 6026 invoked from network); 31 May 2002 00:58:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shell.reiteration.net) (62.31.233.54) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 31 May 2002 00:58:32 -0000 Received: from shell.reiteration.net (jfm@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shell.reiteration.net (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4V0wVqv009133; Fri, 31 May 2002 01:58:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jfm@shell.reiteration.net) Received: (from jfm@localhost) by shell.reiteration.net (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g4V0wUNQ009132; Fri, 31 May 2002 01:58:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 20:43:00 -0000 From: John To: "Robinow, David" Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: registry question Message-ID: <20020531015830.A6665@shell.reiteration.net> References: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D767B2219@wilber.adroit.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D767B2219@wilber.adroit.com>; from drobinow@dayton.adroit.com on Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:10:18PM -0400 X-SW-Source: 2002-05/txt/msg01910.txt.bz2 On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:10:18PM -0400, Robinow, David wrote: > > From: John [mailto:lists@shell.reiteration.net] > > Subject: Re: registry question > > Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote: > > > At 11:22 AM 5/30/2002, John wrote: > > > >Quick question: can cygwin be installed on an NT machine > > > >without modifying the registry? > > > > > > No, there is currently no option to do this via setup. > > > > Cheers for the quick reply Harry. > > > > Is there a 'manual' way to setup that would not involve the setup tool? > > Are registry keys required for cygwin to work? or is there a workaround? > Is there some reason you don't want to modify the registry? > This request seems very strange to me. It's because where I work is just contracted to support outlook, and I don't want to use Outlook, and I haven't got admin access. If admin don't need to login to let me install stuff they are happy for me to run what I like. -- John - jfm@reiteration.net - http://www.reiteration.net/~jfm For PGP public key finger jfm@reiteration.net or see webpage -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/